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Look upon the mindless brains of your american children and understand
why as a nation you are destined for the toiletbowl as your conversion
from a libertarian republic to a federal authoritative dictatorship
happens before your very eyes.

===============================
Miss Alabama answers a question about the NSA Prism program (Jun 16,
2013):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8vXrqHurTc

Question:

Gov't tracking of phone records has been in the news lately. Is this an
invasion of privacy, or is it necessary to keep our country safe. Why,
or why not?

Answer:

I think the society that we live in today its sad that if we go to the
movies or to the airport or even to the mall that we have to worry about
our safety, so I would rather someone track my telephone messages and
feel safe where-ever I go than feel like you're encroaching on my
privacy.

[Audience erupts in appause and cheers]
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Home Guy wrote:

Look upon the mindless brains of your american children and understand
why as a nation you are destined for the toiletbowl as your conversion
from a libertarian republic to a federal authoritative dictatorship
happens before your very eyes.

===============================
Miss Alabama answers a question about the NSA Prism program (Jun 16,
2013):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8vXrqHurTc

Question:

Gov't tracking of phone records has been in the news lately. Is this
an invasion of privacy, or is it necessary to keep our country safe.
Why, or why not?

Answer:

I think the society that we live in today its sad that if we go to the
movies or to the airport or even to the mall that we have to worry
about our safety, so I would rather someone track my telephone
messages and feel safe where-ever I go than feel like you're
encroaching on my privacy.

[Audience erupts in appause and cheers]



Well, at least she looks good!
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On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:02:56 +0000 (UTC), "badgolferman"
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Home Guy wrote:

Look upon the mindless brains of your american children and understand
why as a nation you are destined for the toiletbowl as your conversion
from a libertarian republic to a federal authoritative dictatorship
happens before your very eyes.

===============================
Miss Alabama answers a question about the NSA Prism program (Jun 16,
2013):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8vXrqHurTc

Question:

Gov't tracking of phone records has been in the news lately. Is this
an invasion of privacy, or is it necessary to keep our country safe.
Why, or why not?

Answer:

I think the society that we live in today its sad that if we go to the
movies or to the airport or even to the mall that we have to worry
about our safety, so I would rather someone track my telephone
messages and feel safe where-ever I go than feel like you're
encroaching on my privacy.

[Audience erupts in appause and cheers]



Well, at least she looks good!


She's hot. Gave the right answer too.
Same thing is done in Canada by their spooks.

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Well, at least she looks good!


She's hot.


My son started school on an academic scholarship at University of
Alabama last year. The first thing he told me is the girls are really
pretty down there.
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Look upon the mindless brains of your american children and understand
why as a nation you are destined for the toiletbowl as your conversion
from a libertarian republic to a federal authoritative dictatorship
happens before your very eyes.


Hey, that's a good description of the New Amerika.

But really it's not the children's fault. It's the parents (baby
boomers) fault.

Oh, and by the way. The speed at which she answered the question
indicates to me that she was prompted and had time to prepare an
answer. There is no way a bimbo like that could give even that very
pitiful answer extemporaneously.


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On Jun 17, 10:18*am, Vic Smith
wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:02:56 +0000 (UTC), "badgolferman"





wrote:
Home Guy wrote:


Look upon the mindless brains of your american children and understand
why as a nation you are destined for the toiletbowl as your conversion
from a libertarian republic to a federal authoritative dictatorship
happens before your very eyes.


===============================
Miss Alabama answers a question about the NSA Prism program (Jun 16,
2013):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8vXrqHurTc


Question:


Gov't tracking of phone records has been in the news lately. *Is this
an invasion of privacy, or is it necessary to keep our country safe.
Why, or why not?


Answer:


I think the society that we live in today its sad that if we go to the
movies or to the airport or even to the mall that we have to worry
about our safety, so I would rather someone track my telephone
messages and feel safe where-ever I go than feel like you're
encroaching on my privacy.


[Audience erupts in appause and cheers]


Well, at least she looks good!


She's hot. *Gave the right answer too.
Same thing is done in Canada by their spooks.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


The right answer? Whatever you think about what the NSA
is doing, what she said makes no sense. It's completely
contradictory. She first says that in an unsafe word, she's
OK with the govt tracking telephone messages. Then she
says she would rather feel safe than have someone
encroaching on her privacy.....
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No, I think her answer was OK.

She said she'd rather the government was allowed to monitor people's communications so that homegrown terrorists can be caught than people having to feel unsafe everywhere they go, and as an opinion, that's perfectly valid.

Sounds like this one has got a brain, too. I'll bet this one could even find the United States on a globe without help.

But, I disagree with asking contestants controversial questions about stuff like abortion, capital punishment, gun control, and this PRISM program to monitor the communications of US citizens. These are all controversial topics, and asking a contestant's opinion opens up the possibility of one of more of the judges voting for or against her just because they agree or disagree with her views.

They should ask them logic questions, like if Farmer Brown goes to Farmer Jones house and they sit down at the kitchen table for a drink of home brew. Farmer Jones says "I'll sell you this prize goat for $200." and Farmer Brown pulls two $100 bills out of his pocket and puts them on the table. But before Farmer Jones can pick up the money, the goat sticks out it's long tongue and eats one of the $100 bills. Now, who owns the goat?

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The right answer? *Whatever you think about what the NSA
is doing, what she said makes no sense. *It's completely
contradictory. *She first says that in an unsafe word, she's
OK with the govt tracking telephone messages. *Then she
says she would rather feel safe than have someone
encroaching on her privacy.....- Hide quoted text -

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I too had to read that twice.
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On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:13:44 -0700 (PDT), "
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On Jun 17, 10:18Â*am, Vic Smith
wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:02:56 +0000 (UTC), "badgolferman"





wrote:
Home Guy wrote:


Look upon the mindless brains of your american children and understand
why as a nation you are destined for the toiletbowl as your conversion
from a libertarian republic to a federal authoritative dictatorship
happens before your very eyes.


===============================
Miss Alabama answers a question about the NSA Prism program (Jun 16,
2013):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8vXrqHurTc


Question:


Gov't tracking of phone records has been in the news lately. Â*Is this
an invasion of privacy, or is it necessary to keep our country safe.
Why, or why not?


Answer:


I think the society that we live in today its sad that if we go to the
movies or to the airport or even to the mall that we have to worry
about our safety, so I would rather someone track my telephone
messages and feel safe where-ever I go than feel like you're
encroaching on my privacy.


[Audience erupts in appause and cheers]


Well, at least she looks good!


She's hot. Â*Gave the right answer too.
Same thing is done in Canada by their spooks.- Hide quoted text -

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The right answer? Whatever you think about what the NSA
is doing, what she said makes no sense. It's completely
contradictory. She first says that in an unsafe word, she's
OK with the govt tracking telephone messages. Then she
says she would rather feel safe than have someone
encroaching on her privacy.....


Jesus H. Christ. Don't you ever learn?
Here it is. **** you.
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On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:13:44 -0700 (PDT), "





wrote:
On Jun 17, 10:18*am, Vic Smith
wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:02:56 +0000 (UTC), "badgolferman"


wrote:
Home Guy wrote:


Look upon the mindless brains of your american children and understand
why as a nation you are destined for the toiletbowl as your conversion
from a libertarian republic to a federal authoritative dictatorship
happens before your very eyes.


===============================
Miss Alabama answers a question about the NSA Prism program (Jun 16,
2013):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8vXrqHurTc


Question:


Gov't tracking of phone records has been in the news lately. *Is this
an invasion of privacy, or is it necessary to keep our country safe.
Why, or why not?


Answer:


I think the society that we live in today its sad that if we go to the
movies or to the airport or even to the mall that we have to worry
about our safety, so I would rather someone track my telephone
messages and feel safe where-ever I go than feel like you're
encroaching on my privacy.


[Audience erupts in appause and cheers]


Well, at least she looks good!


She's hot. *Gave the right answer too.
Same thing is done in Canada by their spooks.- Hide quoted text -


- Show quoted text -


The right answer? *Whatever you think about what the NSA
is doing, what she said makes no sense. *It's completely
contradictory. *She first says that in an unsafe word, she's
OK with the govt tracking telephone messages. *Then she
says she would rather feel safe than have someone
encroaching on her privacy.....


Jesus H. Christ. *Don't you ever learn?
Here it is. ***** you.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Forget to take your medications again? Here is what?
What are you talking about? And why all the anger?


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On Jun 17, 11:13 am, "
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The right answer? Whatever you think about what the NSA
is doing, what she said makes no sense. It's completely
contradictory. She first says that in an unsafe word, she's
OK with the govt tracking telephone messages. Then she
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I too had to read that twice.


No need. Multiple readings don't make it any better.

Is this the one who intended to become a brain surgeon?

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On 6/17/2013 8:49 AM, Home Guy wrote:
Question:

Gov't tracking of phone records has been in the news lately. Is this an
invasion of privacy, or is it necessary to keep our country safe. Why,
or why not?

Answer:

I think the society that we live in today its sad that if we go to the
movies or to the airport or even to the mall that we have to worry about
our safety, so I would rather someone track my telephone messages and
feel safe where-ever I go than feel like you're encroaching on my
privacy.

[Audience erupts in appause and cheers]

Hot chic with the correct answer...she has my vote.

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On Jun 17, 10:18*am, Vic Smith
wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:02:56 +0000 (UTC), "badgolferman"





wrote:
Home Guy wrote:


Look upon the mindless brains of your american children and understand
why as a nation you are destined for the toiletbowl as your conversion
from a libertarian republic to a federal authoritative dictatorship
happens before your very eyes.


===============================
Miss Alabama answers a question about the NSA Prism program (Jun 16,
2013):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8vXrqHurTc


Question:


Gov't tracking of phone records has been in the news lately. *Is this
an invasion of privacy, or is it necessary to keep our country safe.
Why, or why not?


Answer:


I think the society that we live in today its sad that if we go to the
movies or to the airport or even to the mall that we have to worry
about our safety, so I would rather someone track my telephone
messages and feel safe where-ever I go than feel like you're
encroaching on my privacy.


[Audience erupts in appause and cheers]


Well, at least she looks good!


She's hot. *Gave the right answer too.
Same thing is done in Canada by their spooks.- Hide quoted text -

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The right answer? Whatever you think about what the NSA
is doing, what she said makes no sense. It's completely
contradictory. She first says that in an unsafe word, she's
OK with the govt tracking telephone messages. Then she
says she would rather feel safe than have someone
encroaching on her privacy.....


No, no. No contradiction. Not than *have* someone encroaching.
She said "than *feel* like you're encroaching..." IOW, she's going
to ignore any feelings of encroachment she might have and just feel
that the govt. is doing the right thing and that she's safe. We all
might as well feel that way, because worrying isn't going to help.
Unless one is going to demonstrate or something against the Prism?
program, and she's made up her mind that she's not.


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It's easier to understand what she means if you just look at the second half of the response:

"... so I would rather someone track my telephone messages and
feel safe where-ever I go "THAN" feel like you're encroaching on my
privacy.

It's the word THAN that makes her response sound conflicted.

In her mind there are two options:

A) have the government track personal communications to stop the bad guys SO that she feels safe wherever she goes, or

B) have the government track personal communications BUT her feel that someone is encroaching on her privacy.

She's saying I'd rather have option A THAN option B.

Put any one of us on national television with 200 million people watching our every move and we'll all sound like idiots too. That big deal that happened a few years ago when some Miss America contestant sounded stupid was just nerves. No one with excellent genetics like that ends up with a brain that doesn't work.

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On Jun 17, 2:33*pm, nestork wrote:
It's easier to understand what she means if you just look at the second
half of the response:

"... so I would rather someone track my telephone messages and
feel safe where-ever I go "THAN" feel like you're encroaching on my
privacy.

It's the word THAN that makes her response sound conflicted.

In her mind there are two options:

A) have the government track personal communications to stop the bad
guys SO that she feels safe wherever she goes, or

B) have the government track personal communications BUT her feel that
someone is encroaching on her privacy.

She's saying I'd rather have option A THAN option B.


You're more confusing than she is. You don't have the option
of A or B. The option is do you want tracking of personal
communications with the inherent encroachment on privacy
that comes with it. At best, she is flippantly ignoring the
encroachment on privacy by seeming to indicate that she doesn't
"feel it". That, IMO, is a bit scarey.

I can understand the value to having a log of all the phone
calls in the US for the last 5 years. It's a powerful tool to be
able to search it if needed. For example, raid a terrorist
house in Pakistan, find a couple of cell phones you did
not know existed before or even scraps of paper with
another terrorist phone # in Somalia on it. You could
run those phone #'s against the database and find out
if anyone in the US has called them in the last 5 years.

And it's probably an acceptable tradeoff. But I do
recognize that it is an encroachment on our privacy,
I feel it, and recognize the danger that could come
with it, if it's abused. I'm not sure the beauty queen
gets that.




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On 6/17/2013 8:49 AM, Homo Gay wrote:
Look upon the mindless brains of your american children and understand
why as a nation you are destined for the toiletbowl as your conversion
from a libertarian republic to a federal authoritative dictatorship
happens before your very eyes.

===============================
Miss Alabama answers a question about the NSA Prism program (Jun 16,
2013):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8vXrqHurTc

Question:

Gov't tracking of phone records has been in the news lately. Is this an
invasion of privacy, or is it necessary to keep our country safe. Why,
or why not?

Answer:

I think the society that we live in today its sad that if we go to the
movies or to the airport or even to the mall that we have to worry about
our safety, so I would rather someone track my telephone messages and
feel safe where-ever I go than feel like you're encroaching on my
privacy.

[Audience erupts in appause and cheers]


Homo Gay, are you a complete moron or are you just suffering from brain
freeze due to your proximity to The North Pole? Young women of college
age are usually Liberal Democrats and are going to toe the Politically
Correct Liberal Democrat line. Sadly, P.L.L.C.F. have even infested the
faculty at colleges in Alabama where the sleazebags spout nonsense
that the students mistake for the truth. I imagine it's just as bad or
worse at universities in Canada. O_o

TDD
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Homo Gay, are you a complete moron or are you just suffering from brain
freeze due to your proximity to The North Pole?


I can answer that question.
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I was thinking that, but wasn't quite organized
enough to put the concept into words. Thank you.
Most beauty pageant and Americas Funniest
Videos winners and "person on the street" types
are willing to surrender all liberty for safety.

Quoting from George Orwell's Animal Farm:
"Surely, you don't want Jones to come back?"
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Hey, that's a good description of the New Amerika.

But really it's not the children's fault. It's the parents (baby
boomers) fault.

Oh, and by the way. The speed at which she answered the question
indicates to me that she was prompted and had time to prepare an
answer. There is no way a bimbo like that could give even that very
pitiful answer extemporaneously.

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Based on the goat's behaviour, the US Government
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No, I think her answer was OK.

She said she'd rather the government was allowed to monitor people's
communications so that homegrown terrorists can be caught than people
having to feel unsafe everywhere they go, and as an opinion, that's
perfectly valid.

Sounds like this one has got a brain, too. I'll bet this one could even
find the United States on a globe without help.

But, I disagree with asking contestants controversial questions about
stuff like abortion, capital punishment, gun control, and this PRISM
program to monitor the communications of US citizens. These are all
controversial topics, and asking a contestant's opinion opens up the
possibility of one of more of the judges voting for or against her just
because they agree or disagree with her views.

They should ask them logic questions, like if Farmer Brown goes to
Farmer Jones house and they sit down at the kitchen table for a drink of
home brew. Farmer Jones says "I'll sell you this prize goat for $200."
and Farmer Brown pulls two $100 bills out of his pocket and puts them on
the table. But before Farmer Jones can pick up the money, the goat
sticks out it's long tongue and eats one of the $100 bills. Now, who
owns the goat?
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From what I can figure, Canada went socialist a few decades ago. There are probably a few people who quietly work hard and try to earn a living,eh?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8vXrqHurTc


[Audience erupts in appause and cheers]


Homo Gay, are you a complete moron or are you just suffering from brain
freeze due to your proximity to The North Pole? Young women of college
age are usually Liberal Democrats and are going to toe the Politically
Correct Liberal Democrat line. Sadly, P.L.L.C.F. have even infested the
faculty at colleges in Alabama where the sleazebags spout nonsense
that the students mistake for the truth. I imagine it's just as bad or
worse at universities in Canada. O_o

TDD



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On Jun 17, 8:40*am, nestork wrote:
No, I think her answer was OK.

She said she'd rather the government was allowed to monitor people's
communications so that homegrown terrorists can be caught than people
having to feel unsafe everywhere they go, and as an opinion, that's
perfectly valid.

...snip...


I basically don't mind monitoring of 'public' activities, since it is
outside your home and affects people, seems like a reasonable loss of
'privacy', especially if all that surveillance is used to ensure
safety for all. But, such monitoring didn't provide much safety in
Boston. Plus, the IRS, is an example, proving to everybody, that govt
intrusion into your business will probably not be used for the
intended purpose [in their case, to prevent tax abuse] but used rather
for harrassment and control. Therefore, completely understandable why
citizenry has said, NO! to all this surveillance, because it is seen
as a tool to control, not make their lives any safer.

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Chris Young used improper usenet message composition style by
top-poasting:

From what I can figure, Canada went socialist a few decades ago.


We have provincially-run (not federally-run) heathcare systems where
doctors and hospitals are reimbursed by a singe-payer (the provincial
gov't). If you want to call that socialist - go ahead.

If you have something else in mind (other than how we pay for health
care) that makes us socialist, then explain it. We also have police,
fire, ambulance services that are also paid through some form of gov't
taxation - but so do you.

You also have medicare and medicaid and veteran's affairs hospitals (you
had them for a long time, under various administrations, republican and
democrat). So that makes a good chunk of your heathcare system fall
under a "socialist" paradigm.

There are probably a few people who quietly work hard and try
to earn a living,eh?


Apparently more than you have in your country.
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On Jun 18, 8:40*am, Robert Macy wrote:
On Jun 17, 8:40*am, nestork wrote:

No, I think her answer was OK.


She said she'd rather the government was allowed to monitor people's
communications so that homegrown terrorists can be caught than people
having to feel unsafe everywhere they go, and as an opinion, that's
perfectly valid.


...snip...


I basically don't mind monitoring of 'public' activities, since it is
outside your home and affects people, seems like a reasonable loss of
'privacy', especially if all that surveillance is used to ensure
safety for all. But, such monitoring didn't provide much safety in
Boston.


The logic there doesn't add up. It's like saying that just
because those particular methods didn't prevent every event,
those methods are not effective in keeping us safer. NSA
has said that the methods that were recently disclosed
did help prevent or disrupt dozens of terrorist attacks both here
and in 20 other countries.




Plus, the IRS, is an example, proving to everybody, that govt
intrusion into your business will probably not be used for the
intended purpose [in their case, to prevent tax abuse] but used rather
for harrassment and control.


Again, this is a big overreach. The IRS has used the overwhelming
majority of all the information provided to it by taxpayers over
decades
for the purpose intended. Just because there is one incident where
it has been abused doesn't mean the whole premise, the whole thing
is bad. That's like saying because two cops somewhere abused
their authority, beat up a suspect, etc, that all law enforcement is
not doing what it's supposed to be doing.

The ironic thing about the current situation is that so far, we only
know of one person abusing the information they were privy to.
And that is Townsend, who looks more and more like he's
anti-American and possibly has been helping the Chinese for
who knows how long. One mighty fine question in all this is how
this guy got to all that stuff. My suspicion was that since he was
involved in network security, he figured out how to get into parts
of NSA that he had no business ever being in.




Therefore, completely understandable why
citizenry has said, NO! to all this surveillance, because it is seen
as a tool to control, not make their lives any safer.


I don't know on what basis you're concluding that. For example,
the beauty queen gave a total green light to what sounded like
unlimited surveilance, and the audience cheered her. I've
seen polls that show that a majority of Americans are OK with
NSA collecting phone records. They have concerns about it,
but they have not said "no" to it.

It's not too hard to see how this is a powerful tool. Say there
is a raid on a terrorist house in Somalia or Pakistan. They find
papers that have some phone numbers on them. They find
a disposable cell phone bought God knows where. Clearly
being able to then run those numbers against the phone records
NSA has logged would be a powerful tool. You'd find who, if
anyone in the USA called them. Then you have a place here
to start looking....



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We can trust them to be completely honest, even knowing that a bad review might lead to reduced funding, or closing the agengy. Right?
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NSA
has said that the methods that were recently disclosed
did help prevent or disrupt dozens of terrorist attacks both here
and in 20 other countries.



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How does one say no to it? I'd like to do so.
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I've
seen polls that show that a majority of Americans are OK with
NSA collecting phone records. They have concerns about it,
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On 06-18-2013 08:40, Robert Macy wrote:
safety for all. But, such monitoring didn't provide much safety in
Boston. Plus, the IRS, is an example, proving to everybody, that govt
intrusion into your business will probably not be used for the
intended purpose [in their case, to prevent tax abuse] but used rather
for harrassment and control. Therefore, completely understandable why
citizenry has said, NO! to all this surveillance, because it is seen
as a tool to control, not make their lives any safer.


And in the past few days, most of the cell phone carriers have installed
"Wireless Emergency Alerts" (WEA) software on your cell phone.
The FCC gave them a choice whether to deploy it or not, but even
before they made that choice, it was clear that _WE_ would not.

Three types of alerts: Amber alerts, Emergency alerts, and Presidential
alerts. The first two you can turn off.

Think about that:

If you don't want to save a child, you don't have to.

If you don't want to save yourself, you don't have to.

But, bu golly, if the man in Washington has something to say,
you best just shut up and listen!

AT&T's words:

http://tinyurl.com/lsq9jcd

If you have a WEA capable device, you are automatically enrolled to
receive Wireless Emergency Alerts. Based on FEMA guidelines, you may opt
out of the following types of alerts:

- Alerts involving imminent threats to life or property issued by
the National Weather Service or other authorized emergency
management agency
- Amber Alerts (missing child alerts)

You cannot opt out of Presidential Alerts.
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micky was an utter boob by using improper usenet message composition
style by unnecessarily full-quoting:

I've wondered for years how come there have been no big attacks on
the US, in the US.


You mean like the Ft. Hood Terrorist Attack that happened in November
2009 where islamic Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 people - an
event which is officially classified as "workplace violence" ?

Columbine High School massacre?

Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre?

Virginia Tech massacre?

Oklahoma City Bombing?

Boston Marathon bombing?

World Trade Center bombing in 1993?

World Trade Center demolition-by-airplane in 2001?

When I heard about the NSA program, I thought that might be
one reason.


Look at these examples of mass-murder in the US and tell me how many of
them were stopped by NSA/CIA/FBI wiretaps, intelligence or evesdropping:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor..._United_States

Now they say it stopped 10 plots in the USA (and 40+ elsewhere)


And they won't give details or tell you who they've arrested in these
plots, will they?

and I believe it and believe that answers the wonderment I've had
for the second half of the last 12 years.


You are a buffoon for allowing your gov't to believe it has the right,
obligation or authority to look for evidence of crime or criminal intent
*before* or even *if* a crime is committed.

You are a moron for allowing your gov't to define certain types of crime
as terrorism.

What the NSA does and the technical capabilities it has is driven by the
private sector (military and other gov't contractors, IT companies, etc)
and their need to secure more gov't contracts in areas outside of
military weapons systems since that business has dried up after your
illegal invasion of Iraq.
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micky was an utter boob by using improper usenet message composition

style by unnecessarily full-quoting:



I've wondered for years how come there have been no big attacks on


the US, in the US.



OK, so change his word from "none" to "few". It
doesn't change anything.





You mean like the Ft. Hood Terrorist Attack that happened in November

2009 where islamic Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 people - an

event which is officially classified as "workplace violence" ?



Columbine High School massacre?


We're talking about Al-Qaeda, Islamic terrorists.
You know, those that are part of an organized plot to
kill us all. Not deranged psychos. Like all countries,
we;ve had those all along. They are not likely to
kill 3200 Americans or wipe out a city. Al-Qaeda, left
unchecked, has done that and will do more if we allow it.







Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre?


See above




Virginia Tech massacre?



See above




Oklahoma City Bombing?



See above






Boston Marathon bombing?


OK, so it's very few, not zero. So, what?




World Trade Center bombing in 1993?


Clearly he's talking about in the years since these
new post 911 intelligence programs went into effect.
Do try to pay attention.







World Trade Center demolition-by-airplane in 2001?



See above.




When I heard about the NSA program, I thought that might be


one reason.




Look at these examples of mass-murder in the US and tell me how many of

them were stopped by NSA/CIA/FBI wiretaps, intelligence or evesdropping:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor..._United_States



Now they say it stopped 10 plots in the USA (and 40+ elsewhere)




And they won't give details or tell you who they've arrested in these

plots, will they?


They have given details on one attack, the guy
travelling from Denver to blow up the nyc subway.
That one attack could have killed hundreds, more
than all the other post 911 incidents combined.
And why would any intelligence service reveal
exactly how they caught someone? Better that the
next dummy falls into the same trap.






and I believe it and believe that answers the wonderment I've had


for the second half of the last 12 years.




You are a buffoon for allowing your gov't to believe it has the right,

obligation or authority to look for evidence of crime or criminal intent

*before* or even *if* a crime is committed.



No, you're one of the village idiots from Canada with
SPS, small penis syndrome. It causes you to focus on
the USA, instead of Canada. The Islamic terrorists seem
to suffer from the same strange fixation.

As for the govt not having the obligation or authority
to look for evidence of a crime or criminal intent
before they know a crime has been committed, just how
dumb are you? Don't they have a COPS show or similar
on TV up there? Every night you can see cops across
the USA stopping persons on the street or travelling in
a car because they "think" they might be up to something.
Car leaves crack house, it gets pulled over. Guy is
walking around neighborhood backyards at 3AM, cop
goes over to ask questions. Run, and the cop chases
you. Cop finds burglary tools, and guy gets arrested
for having them and for fleeing. Walk down the street
in nyc, fit a profile, and Bloomberg, who is a big liberal,
well, his cops will stop you and start asking questions.





You are a moron for allowing your gov't to define certain types of crime

as terrorism.


Then what are you:

"The Combating Terrorism Act revives two measures included in the Anti-Terrorism Act of December 2001 that lapsed in 2007 under a “sunset clause”—preventive detention and investigative hearings. The new law also increases the penalties for persons who refuse to cooperate with investigative hearings and makes it a crime to travel abroad or try to leave Canada to engage in terrorism."


Good grief you're dumb!





What the NSA does and the technical capabilities it has is driven by the

private sector (military and other gov't contractors, IT companies, etc)

and their need to secure more gov't contracts in areas outside of

military weapons systems since that business has dried up after your

illegal invasion of Iraq.


NSA has kept Americans safe since WWII. It's also helped
friendly govt, like Canada. But it figures the village idiot
would side with terrorists.
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You are a buffoon for allowing your gov't to believe it has the right,
obligation or authority to look for evidence of crime or criminal intent
*before* or even *if* a crime is committed.

You are a moron for allowing your gov't to define certain types of crime
as terrorism.

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No, you're one of the village idiots from Canada with
SPS, small penis syndrome.

Good grief you're dumb!
I once watched an interview with one of the 9 (I think) justices of the US Supreme Court that he gave after his retirement.

He said that he'd served 20-something years on that bench, and despite all of the disagreement there had been over legal minutia during that time, he never once heard any justice insult another's intelligence or raise his voice in anger at the other for lacking the necessariy intelligence to realize that he was wrong.

No one in here is stupid.

But we sure like to argue and insulting each other a lot.

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In conspiratorial circles, where conspiracy theorists dwell... this has been common knowledge for years. Snowden, in all his altruistic notions, only formalized the snooping by putting a name on it. yay.
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